What lens to use for Dante vs. Petkal Ducky Shootout ?

DANTE, WHERE THE HECK ARE YOU ?
HAVE YOU BEEN PRACTICING DUCKSHOOTIN' ?
Talk to me.
Show me some duck.
I wanna help you with some constructive C&C. Let's see how we can make that 300 f/2.8 work good for ya.

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Petkal, I wonder if 300mm will be too long for him. I mean when I was shooting duckies a lot of them wouldn't move far enough away for me to get a proper shot of them.

JaGWiRE wrote in post #2110547
Petkal, I wonder if 300mm will be too long for him. I mean when I was shooting duckies a lot of them wouldn't move far enough away for me to get a proper shot of them.

True, that could be a problem too.
However, looking at it from the camera/lens shake standpoint, 300 mm is too long for him too, since the IS has to be off and the setup must be handheld.
Mwuahahahahahahaha.

Petkal wrote in post #2110635
True, that could be a problem too.
However, looking at it from the camera/lens shake standpoint, 300 mm is too long for him too, since the IS has to be off and the setup must be handheld.
Mwuahahahahahahaha.

Hm. That's a little tricky, eh? He's going to have to find one hell of a day and shoot at ISO 3200 I guess so he can shoot at 1/8000 sec to avoid all handheld shake .

JaGWiRE wrote in post #2110694
Hm. That's a little tricky, eh? He's going to have to find one hell of a day and shoot at ISO 3200 I guess so he can shoot at 1/8000 sec to avoid all handheld shake .

There you go, Jag....for a young lad you do understand a lot.
Now imagine that picture quality at f/2.8 and ISO 3200.
One eye in focus, noise everywhere else......Mwuahahahaha​hah

Petkal wrote in post #2110758
There you go, Jag....for a young lad you do understand a lot.
Now imagine that picture quality at f/2.8 and ISO 3200.
One eye in focus, noise everywhere else......Mwuahahahaha​hah

Noise is pretty bad in water I would think.

What I want to know though is he definitley shooting with that lens?

At f2.8 I'de think you'de have some bokeh / OOF (not sure how it works in water), and bokeh with lots of noise is bad bokeh I'de imagine.

I think the 'Flip King' has bottled it The Lord would be a better competitor; I mean Malone not Jesus!

condyk wrote in post #2111146
I think the 'Flip King' has bottled it The Lord would be a better competitor; I mean Malone not Jesus!

I agree.....we'll let him be (for now).
We can still try to bait Gyrob....the lad has fluorite lenses as well as indubitable skill and determination.

Malone is is good at craic.....however, not exactly a duck shooter.

Petkal wrote in post #2111173
We can still try to bait Gyrob....the lad has fluorite lenses as well as indubitable skill and determination. Malone is is good at craic.....however, not exactly a duck shooter.

Yup ... I agree the lad has flourite coming out his ears!

Malone isn't a Duckie shooter, agreed. I wonder about Lord Jesus then? He spend some time with Fishermen and walking around on ponds I think. Worth considering? Maybe he's a Nikon shooter tho', or more likely Leica with his connections

condyk wrote in post #2111226
Yup ... I agree the lad has flourite coming out his ears!

Malone isn't a Duckie shooter, agreed. I wonder about Lord Jesus then? He spend some time with Fishermen and walking around on ponds I think. Worth considering? Maybe he's a Nikon shooter tho', or more likely Leica with his connections

Knowing your spelling liberties, I am oft at a loss which way your mind aims.

In fact, tried to bait Robbie already with his tender spot in-flight photography....no doin' yet.

Either way, it's all innocent silly old fun...who really cares if Petkal shoots them ducks better than Dante (except for Dante of course as well as his own groupies. )

However, I do hate to disappoint our dear friend and Sigma Corp. employee Unstoppable F.Jojo. He was looking forward gleefully to an el cheapo lens whipping some fluorite cum UD glass.

Petkal wrote in post #2111283

Either way, it's all innocent silly old fun...who really cares if Petkal shoots them ducks better than Dante (except for Dante of course as well as his own groupies. )

All joking aside (very hard for me I know) what interests me in this competition is the lens inequality. Can a kit lens or a non-L, in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing (and after seeing your stuff, remembering I'm rather new here and haven't seen it before, I'm concluding you do know what you are doing) really beat out an L? It would go so far in these "what lens should I buy" recommendations, IMO.

I am not tipping my hand yet petkal. at your age, I would have thought some patience would be in order!

Permagrin wrote in post #2111305
All joking aside (very hard for me I know) what interests me in this competition is the lens inequality. Can a kit lens or a non-L, in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing (and after seeing your stuff, remembering I'm rather new here and haven't seen it before, I'm concluding you do know what you are doing) really beat out an L? It would go so far in these "what lens should I buy" recommendations, IMO.

To beat an L ? That's a tough concept which has some shaky underpinnings.
One needs to understand first and foremost what an L stands for. Then, one needs to appreciate that there are many L's......just about the only thing common to all of them is a red ring.....otherwise, they are all different.
Sure like heck the L lenses are not photography magic wands, we know as much, right ?

In the end, experience and application counts for a lot. Tool quality helps but seldom decisively so.

Dante King wrote in post #2111347
I am not tipping my hand yet petkal. at your age, I would have thought some patience would be in order!

Too late, I have uwound myself now, I have already debriefed Condyk and Permagin....so I am done with them ducks for now. I am off to shoot miself some macro now.......LordV and Lester need some additional serious competition.

Petkal wrote in post #2111283

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However, I do hate to disappoint our dear friend and Sigma Corp. employee Unstoppable F.Jojo. He was looking forward gleefully to an el cheapo lens whipping some fluorite cum UD glass.

LOL! now that's funny!